KK Sveti Đorđe

Basketball club in Žitište, Serbia

PresidentNikola PešutHead coachNenad VignjevićWebsitekksvetidjordje.com

Košarkaški klub Sveti Đorđe (Serbian Cyrillic: Кошаркашки клуб Свети Ђорђе), commonly referred to as KK Sveti Đorđe, is a men's professional basketball club based in Žitište, Serbia. They are currently competing in the First Regional League of Serbia (3rd-tier).

The club was founded in 1979 and renamed in 2001 after Saint George.^[1] The club has its own Hall of Fame, where the members are Drago Radinović, Zoran Veselinov and Nikola Pešut.^[2]

History

In the 2018–19 Cup of Serbia, Sveti Đorđe as a 3rd-tier league member won over Zdravlje (2nd-tier league member) in the quarterfinals and over Vojvodina (1st-tier league member) in the semifinals. Those wins took them to the 2019 Cup of Serbia Final and qualifies to the 2019 Radivoj Korać Cup.^[3]^[4]^[5] Sveti Đorđe lost from Novi Pazar in the Cup of Serbia Final.^[6]^[7]

Players

Coaches

Dušan Radojčić
Nebojša Vidić
Marko Boljac (2017–2019)
Nenad Vignjević (2019–present)

Trophies and awards

Trophies

Cup of Serbia (2nd-tier)
- Runners-up: 2018–19
Radivoj Korać Cup
- Quarterfinals: 2019

References

^ "Istorijat - KK Sveti Đorđe". kksvetidjordje.com (in Serbian). Retrieved 9 January 2019.
^ "Kuća Slavnih - KK Sveti Đorđe". kksvetidjordje.com (in Serbian). Retrieved 9 January 2019.
^ "KOŠARKAŠKA SENZACIJA! Na Kup Koraća ide klub iz majušnog mesta, koje nema srednju školu, ali ima VELIKO SRCE". sport.blic.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 9 January 2019.
^ "Novogodišnja bajka u Žitištu: Pala i Vojvodina, Sveti Đorđe u finalu Kupa". ilovezrenjanin.com (in Serbian). Retrieved 9 January 2019.
^ "Najveći uspeh za KK "Sveti Đorđe" u Žitištu". rtvsantos.com (in Serbian). Retrieved 9 January 2019.
^ "Novi Pazar pobednik Kupa KSS". mondo.rs. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
^ "KUP KOŠARKAŠKOG SAVEZA SRBIJE Novi Pazar podigao trofej, Sveti Đorđe nije uspeo da savlada i ovu "aždahu"". sport.blic.rs. Retrieved 16 January 2019.